A backend network controller, such as a gateway, pushes “hint” instructions to nodes with instructions on planned reactions to asynchronous events so that the nodes are capable of reacting to hinted events before being instructed by the network controller to do so. Thereafter, when a sensor node senses and reports an event to the network controller or otherwise, one or more nodes having received a hint corresponding to the event may recognize the occurrence of the event in response to the reporting message and then react to the event before receiving a command from the network controller to do so. Thus, the nodes are capable of reacting to events faster than would otherwise be possible relying only on commands from the network controller.

[Object] To be able to detect a terminal in the vicinity of a small cell base station and appropriately provide an opportunity for handover even when the small cell base station is put into a standby state. [Solution] Provided is a radio communication apparatus including: a radio communication unit configured to provide radio communication service to one or more terminals within a second cell which overlaps with a first cell; a detecting unit configured to detect a terminal existing in the vicinity by monitoring strength of an uplink signal transmitted in the first cell while an operation mode of the radio communication unit is set at a standby mode; and a mode setting unit configured to switch the operation mode of the radio communication unit to an active mode when the detecting unit detects the terminal existing in the vicinity.

[Object] To be able to detect a terminal in the vicinity of a small cell base station and appropriately provide an opportunity for handover even when the small cell base station is put into a standby state. [Solution] Provided is a radio communication apparatus including: a radio communication unit configured to provide radio communication service to one or more terminals within a second cell which overlaps with a first cell; a detecting unit configured to detect a terminal existing in the vicinity by monitoring strength of an uplink signal transmitted in the first cell while an operation mode of the radio communication unit is set at a standby mode; and a mode setting unit configured to switch the operation mode of the radio communication unit to an active mode when the detecting unit detects the terminal existing in the vicinity.

A communication system includes at least one first communicator, a second communicator, and a notifier. The at least one first communicator is installable in a boundary area between a first zone and a second zone. The second communicator is installable on a carried object to be carried by a person movable in the first zone. The second communicator communicates with the at least one first communicator. The notifier notifies the person carrying the carried object in response to the second communicator receiving a first signal from the at least one first communicator.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communication, and more particularly, to design principles for extending Internet of Things (IoT) (e.g., narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), machine type communication(s) (MTC), etc.) into an unlicensed radio frequency (RF) band spectrum. In certain aspects, the method generally includes determining an interlace structure of tones, within an unlicensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum, available to a wireless node for communication, and communicating based on the interlace structure. In some aspects, the communicating involves hopping between tones within the interlace structure during different communication intervals.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communication, and more particularly, to design principles for extending Internet of Things (IoT) (e.g., narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), machine type communication(s) (MTC), etc.) into an unlicensed radio frequency (RF) band spectrum. In certain aspects, the method generally includes determining an interlace structure of tones, within an unlicensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum, available to a wireless node for communication, and communicating based on the interlace structure. In some aspects, the communicating involves hopping between tones within the interlace structure during different communication intervals.

A system and method for implementing M-TIF to integrate one or more tactical nodes as an integral part of a 5G network includes a tactical proxy to interface with a TWIF. The tactical proxy terminates wireless local area network interactions, eliminating the need for changes to the tactical waveform. Application layer messages between the tactical network node and tactical proxy are introduced to initiate, manage, and terminate sessions with the 5G Core.

A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme.

A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme.

A method for establishing a small cell telecommunications network is provided. The method includes determining a plurality of sets of candidate locations, in which each set includes candidate locations for establishing small cell base transceiver stations to provide wireless network service. Each location in the set is determined by applying a gradient descent process to find a local optimal location. The evaluation criteria in the process can include, e.g., an estimated number of people expected to receive coverage, and/or the cost of operating the base transceiver stations. The plurality of sets are evaluated to determine a set of global optimal locations. The evaluation criteria can include, e.g., the expected revenue generated per unit time minus the cost of operating the base transceiver stations per unit time.